The heavy rains inundated roads across the city. Motorists returning from offices were stuck in traffic jams for hours.

Eight cars were crushed under the massive pillar of a hoarding which fell at KBR Park in posh Jubilee Hills. No one was injured in the incident.

Trees also fell on the roads in other parts of Jubilee Hills, Banjara Hills, Indira Park, state secretariat and other areas in Hyderabad, twin city of Secunderabad and the Information Technology district Cyberabad.

The strong winds also caused havoc in areas on the outskirts of the city including Quthbullapur, Malkajgiri, Jeedimetla, L.B. Nagar and Vanasthalipuram.

Emergency teams of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and Water Board were busy removing fallen trees and poles. Officials said the work in most of the areas can be taken up only in the morning.

GHMC commissioner Janardhan Reddy said 105 emergency teams of the corporation and 29 of Water Board were engaged in clearing roads. Nearly 40 cranes were deployed.

The met office said the thunderstorm had nothing to do with the cyclonic storm Roanu in the Bay of Bengal.

Hyderabad Meteorological Centre said the heavy rains were results of cumulonimbus clouds over the region.